> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 26](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212068) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12892-1) LSID 12892-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442231) QID Q442231 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Stopes, Marie \[Charlotte Carmichael\] (1880-1958), British paleobotanist, pioneer of birth control, sex education and emancipation of women; Dr. phil. München 1904; Dr. sci. London Univ. 1905; asst. lecturer in palaeobotany, Manchester University 1904-1909; lecturer ib. 1909-1913; lecturer at University College London 1914-1920; from 1920 turning her attention mainly to birth control; opened "The mothers' clinic" in London 1921; married Reginald Ruggles Gates 1911 (annulled 1916), Humphrey Verdon Roe, 1918. **Abbreviated name**: *Stopes* \[standard form in IPNI: *Stopes*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]]; further material at [[Collection NY|NY]]. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 336-337; Barnhart 3: 335 (b. 15 Oct 1880); Biol.-Dokum. 17: 9020; BJI 2: 172-173; BM 8: 1259; Bossert p. 385; Desmond p. 588; DNB suppl. 7: 930-931; LS 41768; Plesch p. 417; SO 895; TL-2/11.820; Tucker 1: 670, 2: xxxvi, 3: 296. #### Biofile - Adam, Corinna, New Statesman 78: 177-178. 8 Aug 1969 (reassessment: disappointed prophetess). - Andrews, H.N., The fossil hunters 14, 138-142, 211. 1980 (personal recoll.; portr.). - Anon., Biography Index 5: 690. 1961, 6: 565. 1964, 8: 654. 1970, 10: 730. 1976, 11: 751. 1979 (q.v. for further biographical references); Bot. Centralbl. 96: 576. 1904 (app. asst. lecturer Manchester), 110: 352. 1909 (app. regular lecturer on paleobotany ib.), 123: 240. 1913 (appointed to the new lectureship in fossil botany at Univ. Coll. London); Brit. med. J. 5101: 920-921. 11 Oct 1958 (obit.); Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 230: 987-994. 1964; Hedwigia 54: (126). 1913 ("Ordinarius" at the chair of paleobotany, Univ. London); Nat. Nov. 26: 597. 1904 (junior professor, Manchester), 31: 241. 1909 (lecturer ib.); New Scientist 88: 177. 1980 (portr., biogr. sketch); The Lancet 1958(2): 804-805 (obit.); The New York Times 3 Oct 1958 (d.; portr.); Who's who (London) 1912-1959; Who was who 5: 1050. 1951-1960. - Blythe, R., New Statesman 57: 140, 142. 31 Jan 1959 ("Dinner with Dr. Stopes"). - Brett, D.W., Nature 182: 1201-1202. 1958 (obit.). - Briant, K., Passionate paradox, the life of Marie Stopes. New York 1962, 285 p. (biogr., bibl.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 224.105, 224.215. 1980. - Hall, Ruth, Passionate crusader, the life of Marie Stopes, London 1977, 351 p. - Maude, A., The authorized life of Marie C. Stopes, London 1924, ii, 226 p. (biogr., portr; written when she was 44 yrs. old); Marie Stopes: her work and play. London, 1933, 299 p. - Stopes, M., \[marriage announcement 18 Mar 1911; will continue to publish as Marie C. Stopes; *copy*: NY\]. - Stopes-Roe, H.W. & I. Scott, Marie Stopes and birth control, London 1974, 96 p. - Thomas, H.H., Proc. Linn. Soc. 172: 135-136. 1961. ### Publications ##### n.13.206. The study of plant life for young people **Title** *The study of plant life for young people*... London (Alexander Moring...) 1906. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Stud. pl. life*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Oct 1906 (pref. Jul 1906; date given in ed. 3; J. Bot. rev. Nov 1906), p. \[i\]-xi, xii, \[1\]-202, \[203\]. *Copy*: Univ. Georgia. *Second impression*: Feb 1907. *Ed. 2*: 1910 (pref. Oct 1910). *Ed. 3*: 1912, p. \[i\]-xii, 1-202, *pl. I. Copy*: BR; Univ. Illinois. ##### n.13.207. Studies on the structure and affinities of Cretaceous plants **Title** *Studies on the structure and affinities of Cretaceous plants*... Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London... 1910. Qu. **Notes** *Co-author*: Kenjiro Fujii (b. 1866). *Publ*.: 14 Feb 1910 (cover-t.p. dated), cover-t.p., p. 1-90, *pl. 1-9. Copies*: B, MO, NY. – Issued and to be cited as Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London ser. B. 201: 1-90, *pl. 1-9.* 1910. *Abstract*: Proc. R. Soc. London B. 81: \[559\]-561. 23 Nov 1909 (contains new taxa); Geol. Mag. dec. 5. 6: 557-559. 6 Mar 1910. ##### n.13.208. Ancient plants **Title** *Ancient plants* being a simple account of the past vegetation of the earth and of the recent important discoveries made in this realm of nature study... London (Blackie & Son,...) Glasgow and Bombay 1910. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Ancient pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1910 (p. vi: Dec 1909; Bot. Centralbl. 24 Mai 1910), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-viii, 1-198. *Copies*: BR, HH, NY, PH. *Ref*.: Hamshaw Thomas, T., J. Bot. 48: 334-336. Dec 1910 (rev.). ##### n.13.209. The Cretaceous flora **Title** Catalogue of the mesozoic plants in the British Museum (Natural History). *The Cretaceous flora*... London (printed by order of the trustees of the British Museum...) 1913-1915, 2 parts. **Abbreviated title**: *Cretac. fl.* **Notes** *1* (bibliography, algae & fungi): Dec 1913 (p. \[iii\]: Nov 1913; Mycologia 18 Mar 1914, NY rd Mar 1914; Bot. Centralbl. 12 Mai 1914), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-xxiii, \[1\]-285, *pl. 1-2.* *2* (lower greensand (Aptian) plants of Britain): 1915 (p. \[v\]: Apr 1915), p. \[i\]-xxxvi, \[1\]-360, *pl. 1-32* with text. *Copies*: BR, G, HH, NY, PH, Teyler. *Ref*.: Seward, A.C., J. Bot. 54: 31-33. 1916 (rev.). ##### n.13.210. The Fern Ledges **Title** *The Fern Ledges* carboniferous *flora* of St. John, New Brunswick... Ottawa (Government Printing Bureau) 1914. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fern Ledges fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1914, p. \[i\]-vi, 1-167, i-viii, *pl. 1-25. Copies*: BR, HH, Liverpool City Libr., NSUB, NY, PH, Univ. Illinois, US. – French language ed., 1917, at Univ. Illinois (n.v.). ##### n.13.211. Monograph on the constitution of coal **Title** *Monograph on the constitution of coal* (based on a paper read before the London Section of the Society of chemical industry)... London (published for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research...) 1918. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. coal*. **Notes** *Co-author*: R.V. Wheeler. *Publ*.: 1918, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-58, *pl. 1-3. Copies*: G, PH.